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A protest action in Sukhumi. November 4, 2021. Screenshot of the video t.me/SputnikAbkhazia
23:46, 4 November 2021
In Sukhumi, opponents of Minister of Internal Affairs gather despite authorities’ ban
More than 1000 people gathered in the capital of Abkhazia to protest against the reinstatement of Dmitry Dbar as Minister of Internal Affairs. The protesters ignored the refusal of the Sukhumi Mayoralty to approve the rally.
Ramiz Djafarov. Photo https://turan.az/ext/news/2021/11/free/Social/ru/9226.htm
23:38, 4 November 2021
PFPA activist arrested for 25 days
A court arrested Ramiz Djafarov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, for 25 days on the charge of failure to obey legal requests of the police. Party colleagues of the activist consider the charge against him politically motivated.
Yerevan protesters from among relatives of the dead and missing Armenian soldiers. Screenshot of the video https://www.aysor.am/ru/
23:33, 4 November 2021
Relatives of missing soldiers achieve meeting with Pashinyan
Yerevan protesters from among relatives of the dead and missing Armenian soldiers have achieved a meeting with the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan. They said that at the meeting appointed for October 6, they would demand to reveal the exact number of prisoners of war (POWs), and a report on the progress of the investigation.
A plate at the entrance to the building of the Special Investigating Service (SIS). Photo ՀՀ հատուկ քննչական ծառայություն
21:45, 4 November 2021
Liquidation of the Armenian SIS puts an end to torture cases
The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia will fail to endure efficient investigation of torture cases, Ara Karagezyan, a lawyer, has suggested. For proper inquiry into these cases, a separate agency is needed, Nina Karapetyants, a human rights defender, believes.
The referee gave the match to Eli Kadyrov. Screenshot of the post on Instagram "grozny_inform" https://www.instagram.com/p/CV0sEjjsM1j/
13:55, 4 November 2021
Victory of Kadyrov's son in boxing ring sparks scepticism in social networks
Eli, a Ramzan Kadyrov's son, has defeated his opponent at the "Time of Legends-7" boxing tournament held in Grozny. His victory was predictable, his rival has succumbed, social network users have suggested.
11:41, 4 November 2021
Agil Gumbatov's defence demands judge disqualification
The advocate of Agil Gumbatov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has demanded to remove the judge, since Agil's relatives, journalists and human rights defenders were again not allowed to the court session. However, the court has rejected the adcvocate's motion. Gumbatov refused from his initial testimonies, claiming that he gave them under torture.
Relatives of soldiers missing in action at a protest action. Yerevan, November 2020. Screenshot of the video https://www.currenttime.tv/a/pokhorony-v-yerevane/30967239.html
23:59, 3 November 2021
Relatives of soldiers missing in action demand a meeting with Pashinyan
Participants of a protest action in front of the government building blocked traffic on the street in order to secure a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. However, the Prime Minister said he was very busy and refused to meet the protesters. The relatives of those killed and missing in action have threatened with more radical forms of protest if Nikol Pashinyan does not set a date for the meeting.
The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA). Photo from the official website https://courts.gov.az/az/bakuappeal
23:57, 3 November 2021
BCA leaves PFPA activist in custody
The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) did not grant a complaint against the arrest of Mutallim Orudjev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan. The activist denied the charge of drug trafficking and claimed that he had signed a confession under torture.
A mourning event on the Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Deportation of Karachais
23:54, 3 November 2021
Memory of Caucasian people’s exile preserved despite restalinization
The growth of veneration for Joseph Stalin did not affect the official events dedicated to the deportation of the peoples of Northern Caucasus, concluded historians and the chairman of the Union of the Repressed Peoples of Russia after the Memorial Day in Karachay-Cherkessia.
Yan Sidorov. November 3, 2021. Screenshot of the video https://tvrain.ru (has been put by the Russian Ministry of Justice on the register of NCOs performing the functions of a foreign agent)
23:51, 3 November 2021
Rostov activists Yan Sidorov and Vladislav Mordasov released from prison
Yan Sidorov and Vladislav Mordasov, convicted in a case on organizing mass riots in Rostov-on-Don, were released from penal colonies due to the expiration of their sentences.
Photo: oda.odessa.gov.ua / press service of the Odesa Regional State Administration
23:43, 3 November 2021
Saakashvili's doctor reports deterioration of his health condition
After 33 days of his hunger strike, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former President of Georgia, is in a weakened health condition. He experiences blood tension surges; and fluctuations of his body weight during the day indicate a kidney failure, Nikoloz Kipshidze, Saakashvili's doctor, asserts.
Hearing of the ECtHR, Vladimir Ivanov, the head of the Gelendjik Human Rights Centre. Photo by the press service of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), screenshot of the video by Volf1959 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEZ-cThTYD. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:35, 3 November 2021
ECtHR awards compensation for torture and wiretapping to Kuban rights defender
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russian authorities to pay Vladimir Ivanov, the head of the Gelendjik Human Rights Centre, convicted for 13 years in prison, a total of 7500 euros as a compensation for illegal wiretapping by FSB agents and beating up after arrest.
A prison cell door. Photo by ruslan2525 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruslan2525/4466092738/in/photolist-7NDTLW-R6HQfm-2asYQc7-h6q1ri-6Jt6zY-ZveRmU-9YzFwz-arLw2X-R6HR33-R6HQJY-Zf4Meg-2gtfv5A-dycgxe-as48rh-arLw5X-dhPJJ3-qwdRF3-LhRCfW-7bmekh-52KLcX-YbVfq5-UtPHNH-3nVYtQ-3nVX8S-Yg4JoK-YzZuJr-4zBgFt-25ntFhx-niMRAn-5tXcYH-9evwa8-YAwYqz-YP8Xrn-dVYet5-Ywgeyw-aCESiH-dhPJJ6-YPakQi-BQmTG3-4AUGMV-e6ichS-Gcgb87-YAwbhn-GHHSti-5wfLxC-sPQmWg-9xqQdr-nZZqSb-5wbub8-ywb64
13:49, 3 November 2021
Azerbaijan: rights defenders criticize idea of amnesty by Victory Day
On November 5, the National Assembly (Parliament) of Azerbaijan will consider a bill on amnesty timed to the Victory Day in the 2020 autumn war, marked on November 8. The amnesty will cover more than 15,000 people, but will not cover political prisoners, human rights defenders have noted.
Girls talking to law enforcers. Screenshot https://www.instagram.com/p/CVtOXY2AK4F/
13:45, 3 November 2021
Gudermes girls' selfies give policemen chance to show themselves as morality zealots
The educational conversation with relatives of the girls who took selfies on the balcony in Gudermes continued the trend of persecuting social network users for "inappropriate" behaviour, a political analyst believes. Some Instagram users have treated the release of the video with the girls as an intrusion into their privacy.
Kaaba. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кааба
11:56, 3 November 2021
Dagestan: Hajj operator announces restart of pilgrimage to Mecca
After Saudi Arabia has lifted a number of restrictions related to coronavirus, the Muslim believers, who had been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates or the CIS countries, are allowed to enter the kingdom for making a small Hajj, said Bulat Kurbanov, Director General of the "Marwa" Tour Hajj Company. The first air flight is scheduled for December 15.
Ambulance drivers in Yerevan. Screenshot of the video by NEWS AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz32Bj62msE
11:53, 3 November 2021
Yerevan ambulance drivers go on strike
Ambulance drivers in Yerevan have announced a strike demanding higher wages and complaining about a tight working schedule. Their bosses have referred to the pandemic as the reason for the high workload and called on the strikers to negotiate.
Memorial to the Victims of the Deportation opened in the village of Uchkeken on May 2, 2014. Photo by Leonid Tarasyev https://lookmytrips.com/585e8900ff9367418508a421/pamiatnik-zhertvam-deportatsii-ff9367
11:51, 3 November 2021
KChR residents commemorate victims of Karachais' deportation
On the Remembrance Day of Deportation Victims, flowers were laid at memorials in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR). The law on commemorating victims of political repressions, adopted in 2016, has brought no visible results in the republic, Kyady Haji Khalkechev, the chairman of the Congress of the Karachai people, has noted.
Adam Gisaev. Screenshot of the video published at the "Gulagu.net. Official channel" on YouTube
23:55, 2 November 2021
Human rights defenders believe Gisaev’s story of torture
The story of Adam Gisaev, a native of Chechnya, who claimed torture in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Irkutsk, which provoked a complaint by the “Roskomnadzor” (the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media), is true, and such reports have been received from other convicts from prisons in the Irkutsk Region, human rights defenders note.
Karabakh rescuers. Photo from the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia https://mil.am/
23:53, 2 November 2021
Azerbaijan transfers remains of 11 dead to Stepanakert
The remains of 11 people were handed over to Karabakh rescuers through the mediation of Russian peacekeepers.
Istanbul. Photo: Danbury https://ru.wikipedia.org/
23:51, 2 November 2021
Turkish special service reports connection of detainees in Istanbul with leaders of Chechnya
Six persons arrested in Istanbul on a charge of political espionage were planning to kill natives of Chechnya on orders of a top-ranking Chechen official, the Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization reported.
News
A soldier from Kamyshin was killed in a military operation.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

The prosecution requested a six-year prison sentence for Ivan Gel.

LEGAL TEXTS
The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o Magomed Daudov

Magomed "Lord" Daudov is a former Chechen militant who was awarded the title of "Hero of Russia", the chairman of the Chechen parliament under Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw Tumso Abdurakhmanov

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is a blogger from Chechnya. After a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov's relative, he left the republic and went first to Georgia, and then to Poland, where he is trying to get political asylum.